Flash light pen and pencil



April 1935- F. E. BILLINGS 1,996,563

FLASH LIGHT PEN AND PENCIL Filed Oct. 18, 1934 fi'anc/Ig A. $572245ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 2, 1935 I I Y I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLASHLIGHT PEN AND PENCIL Francis E. Billings, Yonkers, N. Y.

Application October 18, 1934, Serial No. 748,854

1 Claim. (Cl. 240-646) I The purpose of this invention is to provide entsection tapers with the outer surface of the means in a pen or pencilfor producing a light point. around the point thereof, so that one maywrite Figure 3 is a longitudinal section thru the in the dark. pointshowing the design shown in Figure 1.

The invention is a pencil, or the like, having a Figure 4 is a viewshowing a. point similar to 5 battery with a miniature lightincorporated that shown in Figure 1, showing a pen point intherein andwith a part of the pencil between stead of a pencil.

the battery and point made of substantially In the drawing the device isshown as it may transparent material, permitting the light to be be madewherein numeral l indicates the transprojected around the point. parentsection, numeral 2 the battery forming 10 The object of this inventionis, therefore, to the upper part of the pencil, and numeral 3 theprovide means for incorporating an electric light point. within thelimits of a pen or pencil, so that the The section I may be made ofcelluloid, pyralin, pen or pencil may be used in the ordinary manor anytransparent, translucent, or semi-transit; her, and so that it mayreadily be carried in a parent material, and this may be of any shape orpocket or purse without taking up additional design. In the designshown, this section is ilspace. lustrated as forming a part of a pencilor pen Another object is to provide means for incorbetween the upperpart or handle and the point; porating a battery and flash light in apencil or however, it will be understood that this section pen whichdoes not increase the length thereof. may extend thefull length of thepencil, and 20 Another object is to provide a combination the point andbattery maybeincorporated therepencil having an electric light therein,in which in, or it may be of any size, shape or design. the light may beused independent of the pen This section may also be substantiallysolid, as or pencil. shown in Figure 3, or the walls thereof may beAnother object is to provide a combination pen thin or thick, as may bedesired. In the design 25 or pencil having an electric light therein, inshown, the section I is formed so that the lower which the parts may beprovided and sold as sepend thereof adjacent the point, bulges at thearate and independent units. point 4, thereby providing a substantiallytrans- Another object is to provide a pen or pencil parent areaextending out beyond the outer surhaving a flash light therein, in whichthe light face of the point 3, so that light rays may pass 30 issurrounded by a transparent shield, which to the point of the pencil, asindicated by the forms part of the pencil, and which is nonarrows 5 inFigure 1; whereas it will be under: breakable. stood that if the outersurface of this section A further object is to provide a combinationapers w t p Shown Figure the flash light pencil in which the leadthereof may light rays will extend around the p but will 35 readily bereplaced. leave a small dark area at the point. It will And a stillfurther object is to provide a pen be appr iated h t thi ion m be h p dorpencil having a flash light therein, which is in any other manner inorder to direct the light of a simple and economical construction. raysto the point.

40 With these ends in view the invention em- This section i is providedwith an opening 6 40 bodies a comparatively small cylindrical flash of asuflicient size to flt over a light bulb I, and light having a batterytherein and with a bulb a threaded shank 8 is provided around the bulb,in one end, a substantially transparent section which may be Sc intobushing 9 in the adapted to be attached to the flash light and end ofthe handle 2, which forms the upper part placed over the bulb, and a penor pencil inof the pencil, and which may have suitable elec- 45 stalledin the end of said transparent section. tric batteries incorporatedtherein. In this de- Other features and advantages of the invensign, thebushing 9 is threaded in the member 2, tion will appear from thefollowing description, as shown at the point l0; however, it will betaken in connection with the drawing, wherein: understood that thisbushing may be held in the v0 Figure 1 is a view showing the completedevice upper P rt o the pencil in y manner, and the in the form of apencil, in which the transparent light bulb may also be mounted thereinby any section bulges out around the .point, providing means, and anymeans may be used for connectmeans for directing light rays to thepoint. ing the member I tothe upper part of the pencil,

Figure 2 is a view showing the point of a penor to the battery. 53 oilof an alternate design, in which the transpar- The part 2 is commonlyknown as a pen light, 55

7 to this, or any, form of battery housing, or

any means for holding a light bulb in' combination with batteries orcells in the upper .part of a pencil. The member 2 is also provided witha switch in the upper end; however, it will be understood that theswitch may be located at any point or points, and may be arranged in anymanner. It is preferred to operate the switch by .turning a nut II atthe upper end, however, the

switch may also be operated by a button or other means. The switch,however, may also be considered as standard equipment, as it ispreferred to use this unit as it is now manufactured. The member I ispreferably screwed into the end of the member 2 over the light bulb, sothat the light rays will shine out thru the member I and will bedirected-toward the'point of the pencil. The pencil point, as indicatedby the numeral 3, is mounted in the end of the member I, as shown inFigure 3, however, it will be understood that this point may be of anytype of design, and may be mounted in the member I in any manner, or byany means. The point 3 holds a lead I2, and it will be understood thatthe lead is adjustable by turning the point, so that it may be movedoutward as it is used, and this is also arranged so that the lead' mayreadily be replaced. This point is also standard equipment, such as iscommonly used in many mechanical pencils.

In the design shown in Figure 2, the member I is replaced by a memberI3, and interior of which is similar to the member I, and this membermay be to the members 2 and 3, the same as the member I. The outersurface, however, is finished so that it is flush with the point,thereby presenting a more pleasing appearance, and it may be that it maybe preferred to manufacture the pencil in this design.

In the design shown in Figure 4, the device is similar to that shown inFigure 1, except that the point 3 is replaced by a pen holder I4 havinga pen point I5 therein, and it will be understood that the device may beused for either a pen or pencil, and these may be of any design, or ar--ranged in any manner. It will also be understood that this device mayalso be used for any other purpose, as this invention relates to theincorporating of an electric or flash light inside of a pencil, pen orthe like.

It will be understood that other changes may be made in the inventionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the shape or design of the members I and 2 as, whereas theseare shown of a cylindrical shape, it will be understood that they may bemade of any shape, another may be in the use of a continuous transparentmember with the light and battery incorporated therein instead ofprovidingflthe joint between the two, and still another maybe in the useof any other means for holding the writing part of this device in thetransparent member.

The construction will readily be understood around the point, it will bepossible to see what.

you are writing while writing in the dark, and it will be noted that,even tho part of the light rays will be obstructed by the thumb andforefinger, a suflicient amount of the light rays will pass thru thespaces between the fingers to illuminate the surface upon which one iswriting. It will also be understood that the device may be used for manyother purposes.

It will be noted that this device is provided in separate andindependent units, so that the flash light 2 may be sold as one unit,the member I and the point 3 as another unit, and the bulb I as a thirdunit, and the units may readily be assembled, as shown and described.These units may, therefore, be manufactured separate and independent,and may be made of various colors and designs, as may be'desiredL Havingthus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

An illuminated pencil embodying the combination with a flashlight havinga tubular casing, one end of said casing being open, a bushing mountedin said open end carrying a lamp bulb and providing an internallythreaded portion surrounding said bulb; of a transparent member ofsubstantially the same diameter as the casing, having threads on one endadapted to be screwed into the bushing end of said casing, and having amechanical pencil mounted in the opposite end thereof, the outer surfaceof said member comprising a substantially cylindrical portionterminating in a curved shoulder of substantial depth at theintersection of said member and said pencil, a recess in the screwthreaded end of said member adapted to receive the lamp bulb inassembled position, said flashlight adapted for use with or without thepencil, and said transparent member adapted for quick. attachment withand detachment from said flashlight.

